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San Francisco Examiner - August 15, 2005
Marisa Lagos, mlagos@examiner.com
The study, conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco, looked at about 3,000 gay men undergoing HIV testing at anonymous clinics in The City.
The subjects were "repeat testers" - people who were tested more than once between 2001 and 2003 - and proved that crystal-meth use "clearly" increases the likelihood of new HIV infections, senior author Dr. Jeffery Klausner said.
"That crystal meth has been a problem in the gay community for years in San Francisco is not new, but the association between the drug and HIV is new," Klausner explained, adding that the drug increases sexual desire.
In response to the local problem, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Bevan Dufty in April appointed a task force to determine how to address the problem. The group will meet next on Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. in City Hall.
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